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Jantzen
Equinix Employee
3 years ago

Why is the mean path delay so high (hundreds of microseconds)?

Why is the mean path delay so high (hundreds of microseconds)? 

  • The Precision Time service is provided over Equinix Fabric, which is a "non-PTP aware" network. You might see a mean path delay in the order of microseconds or milliseconds (in certain metros). However, both PTP and NTP account for the mean-path delay and control the synchronization precisely.

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    Jantzen
    Equinix Employee

    The Precision Time service is provided over Equinix Fabric, which is a "non-PTP aware" network. You might see a mean path delay in the order of microseconds or milliseconds (in certain metros). However, both PTP and NTP account for the mean-path delay and control the synchronization precisely.